This addition to the non-fiction picture book series Our Stories is about the history of protest in Australia.
Through protest, Australians have united to fight for change and have influenced the outcome of many causes. From human rights to the environment, this book traces Australia’s proud history of protest.
Creators
Sue Lawson writes books for children and young adults. Her love for books began when she was a child on a farm in country Victoria where she spent her time reading, writing, listening to her father and grandfather’s stories and avoiding working with the cattle. In 2012, Pan’s Whisper was short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, was a Notable Book at the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and won the Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature. You Don’t Even Know was short-listed for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards in 2014. Sue’s latest novel for young adults is Freedom Ride. www.suelawson.com.au
Reviews
Protest in Australia will be particularly useful as a class resource for teaching history in the upper primary years
Reading Time
This is a compact history of change linked to major events. Its valuable resource material can be used at home and in class for the 8+ year age groups. The easy to follow presentation makes learning or refreshing any aspect of Australia’s significant history accessible, particularly that part which relates to social and political causes for change.
Buzzwords
…Will find the information here relevant, accurate, easy to access and useful for their research purposes. Recommended.
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